Monica Gandhi, M.D.

Infectious disease specialist

Dr. Monica Gandhi is an expert in infectious diseases, particularly in the care of patients with HIV and AIDS. In her research, she has a special interest in HIV in women, including differences between women and men in antiretroviral exposure and responses to therapy. Her work on these subjects has been widely published.

Gandhi earned a medical degree at Harvard Medical School. At UCSF, she completed an internal medicine residency, infectious diseases fellowship and postdoctoral fellowship at the Center for AIDS Prevention. During her infectious diseases fellowship, she earned a master's degree of public health in epidemiology and biostatistics at the University of California at Berkeley. An assistant professor of medicine, Gandhi has received many awards, including the Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women's Health Award and the Hellman Award for Early Career Faculty.